mercantile

[ mur-kuhn-teel, -tahyl, -til ]

/ ˈmɜr kənˌtil, -ˌtaɪl, -tɪl /

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adjective

of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.

engaged in trade or commerce: a mercantile nation.

Economics. of or relating to the mercantile system.

Origin of mercantile

1635–45; <French <Italian: pertaining to merchants, equivalent to mercant(e) merchant (<Latin mercant-, stem of mercāns buyer, noun use of present participle of mercārī to buy) + -ile-ile

synonym study for mercantile

1. See commercial.

OTHER WORDS FROM mercantile

non·mer·can·tile, adjectivequa·si-mer·can·tile, adjectiveun·mer·can·tile, adjective

Words nearby mercantile

merbromin, merc, Merca, mercado, Mercalli scale, mercantile, mercantile agency, mercantile paper, mercantile system, mercantilism, mercaptan

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Example sentences from the Web for mercantile

Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are many games played publicly at restaurants and in the retiring rooms of mercantile establishments.
In the Footprints of the Padres|Charles Warren Stoddard
It was this remarkable fortitude of the Mercantile Marine which saved Europe from starvation.
Submarine Warfare of To-day|Charles W. Domville-Fife
The provision of wireless plant and operators to the Mercantile Marine.
The Crisis of the Naval War|John Rushworth Jellicoe

Mercantile borrowers, he continued, generally obtained a loan to profit by it.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
I saw the agents of the house in town this morning, and they tell me it is quite a first-class appointment for a mercantile one.
The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for mercantile

mercantile

/ (ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of trade or traders; commercial

of or relating to mercantilism

Word Origin for mercantile

C17: from French, from Italian, from mercante merchant

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单词	mercantile
释义	mercantile [ mur-kuhn-teel, -tahyl, -til ] / ˈmɜr kənˌtil, -ˌtaɪl, -tɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mercantile ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial. engaged in trade or commerce: a mercantile nation. Economics. of or relating to the mercantile system. Origin of mercantile 1635–45; <French <Italian: pertaining to merchants, equivalent to mercant(e) merchant (<Latin mercant-, stem of mercāns buyer, noun use of present participle of mercārī to buy) + -ile-ile synonym study for mercantile 1. See commercial. OTHER WORDS FROM mercantile non·mer·can·tile, adjectivequa·si-mer·can·tile, adjectiveun·mer·can·tile, adjective Words nearby mercantile merbromin, merc, Merca, mercado, Mercalli scale, mercantile, mercantile agency, mercantile paper, mercantile system, mercantilism, mercaptan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mercantile Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co. The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire\|H.L. Mencken\|October 4, 2014\|DAILY BEAST There are many games played publicly at restaurants and in the retiring rooms of mercantile establishments. In the Footprints of the Padres\|Charles Warren Stoddard It was this remarkable fortitude of the Mercantile Marine which saved Europe from starvation. Submarine Warfare of To-day\|Charles W. Domville-Fife The provision of wireless plant and operators to the Mercantile Marine. The Crisis of the Naval War\|John Rushworth Jellicoe Mercantile borrowers, he continued, generally obtained a loan to profit by it. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.\|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan I saw the agents of the house in town this morning, and they tell me it is quite a first-class appointment for a mercantile one. The Shadow of Ashlydyat\|Mrs. Henry Wood British Dictionary definitions for mercantile mercantile / (ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl) / adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of trade or traders; commercial of or relating to mercantilism Word Origin for mercantile C17: from French, from Italian, from mercante merchant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mercantile profitable, financial, wholesale, monetary, economic, fiscal, industrial, commercial, budgetary, exchange, trade, trading, market, retail, commissary, merchandising, sales, retailing, supplying, marketable
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mercantile

adjective

Origin of mercantile

synonym study for mercantile

OTHER WORDS FROM mercantile

Words nearby mercantile

Example sentences from the Web for mercantile

British Dictionary definitions for mercantile

adjective

Word Origin for mercantile

Words related to mercantile